Teacher Assistant Resources

Official resources and handbooks for teacher assistants.

USC Graduate School Handbook for Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, and Graduate Assistant Lecturers

Dornsife College Teaching Assistant Handbook

USC Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) TA Resources

Ph.D. Fellowships

For the full list of USC’s competitive fellowships for current Ph.D. students, please see https://graduateschool.usc.edu/fellowships/current-PhD-students/. Aside from these internal fellowships, Ph.D. students are encouraged to apply for relevant fellowships listed. For more information, see https://graduateschool.usc.edu/fellowships/external-fellowships/. For many of the nationally competitive awards listed below, the recipients would be eligible for a top off from the graduate school during the award year(s).

Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) Korean Studies Grants

Academy Scholars Program, Harvard University Weatherhead Center

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships

Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Japan Studies Grant Program

Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Korean Studies Grant Program

Blakemore Freeman Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Asian Language Study

Chiang Ching-Kuo (CCK) Foundation Doctoral Fellowships

CCK Foundation Dissertation Fellowships for Republic of China Students Overseas

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

China Study Program Joint Research Ph.D. Fellowship

David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships by the National Security Education Program

Department of State Fulbright Fellowships

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad

Ford Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships

Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowships

Josephine De Karman Fellowship

Korea Foundation Fellowship for Korean Language Training

Korea Foundation Field Research Fellowship

Korea Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Studies

Mellon ACLS (American Council of Learned Scholars) Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Mellon CLIR (Council on Library and Information) Fellowships Dissertation Research in Original Sources

The Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies Doctoral Grant Program

National Endowmet Humanities (NEH) for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies

Seoul National University Kyujanggak Institute Junior Fellowships

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) China-Africa Peace Fellowships

Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program by the National Academy of Education (NAEd)

SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop

SSRC Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies